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Recent Examples of knee
Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
Sitting beside her was a spiritual advisor, his hands on his knees, palms up.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Sitting beside her was a spiritual adviser, his hands on his knees palms up.
—Jeffrey Collins The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Arlene was only 28 years old, but the action made her knees creak and her lower back protest.
—EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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My left leg is, uh, partially paralyzed from my hip to my knee, then from my knee to my toes, completely paralyzed, so if there's any neurosurgeons out there … any researchers out there, please get a hold of me.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
Sitting beside her was a spiritual advisor, his hands on his knees, palms up.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Sitting beside her was a spiritual adviser, his hands on his knees palms up.
—Jeffrey Collins The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Arlene was only 28 years old, but the action made her knees creak and her lower back protest.
—EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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This mount holds the physical controls and connectors specific to each earcup, including a power button and USB-C port on the left and a four-way mini-joystick on the right.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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And there’s this thing that often happens on the left when a Black person has views that aren’t doctrinaire or aren’t the views a white progressive thinks a Black person is supposed to have.Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024
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That surge marked an unusual alliance between the two groups that have butted heads in the past.Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Oct. 2024
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But the couple were still butting heads about Adnan’s rules, even when apart.Abigail Adams, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Of course, Putin’s version of such values means overt hostility to gays, women’s rights, and dark-skinned Russians.Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
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The training set is the basis for everything, including to what degree the model infringes on the rights of IP holders and creators.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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But no team has bumped, set, and spiked in recent years with more authority than Merino.Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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But this year’s election cycle has been decidedly quieter for bumping the national threshold to $15 an hour.Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills – including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks – to his meaty role.Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
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Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills to the role — including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks.Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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The annual SharonFest, kicking off July 28, is a party with a purpose.Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 20 July 2017
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Indianapolis kicks off its four-game preseason schedule on Aug. 13 against the Detroit Lions.Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 18 July 2017
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Colorado’s 8th District, the state’s newest congressional district, was created during the 2021 redistricting process and designed to be an evenly split swing district.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Flashback: In 2018 Phillips flipped the one-time swing district from GOP control for the first time in decades.Torey Van Oot, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Neeson, by contrast, is the quiet professional, with a right hook that can still jab like a crowbar.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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Chatty charmer Richard jabs her with a needle full of a paralyzing agent and then carts her around to various locales and in various vehicles.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Knee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knee. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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